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The Bayelsa State Government has formalized the employment of 904 casual staff in the various ministries, departments and agencies in the state. This is in addition to the 1,000 workers, first class graduates from various disciplines, PhD and Master’s degrees holders from Ijaw-speaking communities across the country earlier injected into …

The National Association Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Rivers State has resolved to work with the committees set up by the state governor, Chief (Barr) Nyesom Wike, for accreditation and approval of private schools in the state. The state president of NAPPS, Chief (Hon) Victor Green made this assertion …

Worried by the intimidating number of abandoned Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects dotting every part of Niger Delta, with Bayelsa topping the chart, a group under the aegis of Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) and Niger Delta Peace Advocacy (NDPAG), have joined other voices to warn against “sponsored campaigns” for …

… Aluku Dynamics Mauls Igbogene 5-0 By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (retd), has described sports and football in particular, as a sure means of curbing youth restiveness. The deputy governor stated this while flagging off the third edition of the Governor Seriake …

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and GLA have organized a one-day workshop to build the capacity of journalists practicing in Rivers State on effective reportage of the environment. The training, co-ordinated by The African Citizens’ Initiative for Rights and Development (ACIRD), and held on last week in …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Mrs Williams Koroye mother of a five year old girl kidnapped by an acquaintance simply identified as Ahmed on Thursday said that her baby remained in captivity after a ransom demand for N1 million was met  The toddler, Peace, was abducted at their residence in Akemfa …

Members of the Nigeria Association of Social Workers on Tuesday staged a sensitization march on the streets of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital to educate the masses on how to end violence against women and children in the state. Members of the group, who moved from Yenagoa-Mbiama road to the Government …

Participants at the Palm Oil Stakeholders Forum in Port Harcourt have been enjoined to rediscover opportunities inherent in the industry to boost Nigeria’s economy. The call was made by Chief Nabil Saleh, president of the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, at the forum organized by PHCCIMA in collaboration with major …

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Province 13, Onne Rivers State, has put smiles on the faces of inmates of the Port Harcourt Prisons, when leadership of the province led by the senior pastor, Pst. (Dr) Joseph Ibani Frank Briggs, paid a visit to the prison with food items, …

… Dickson Gets Accolades as Campaign Wins Paris Awards By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  The effort to internationalise the campaign against environmental injustice in Bayelsa State has caught the attention of the United Kingdom Parliament with the Africa All Parliamentary Group (AAPPG) holding a session to discuss the impact of oil …